Ink for use in a flexographic printing process with wet on wet capability

a technology of flexographic printing and wet wet capability, which is applied in the direction of application, rotary presses, film/foil adhesives, etc., to achieve the effects of reducing solvent amount, good adhesion, and high color strength

Active Publication Date: 2012-08-30
TECHNOSOLUTIONS ASSESSORIA
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[0019]It is an object of this invention to provide a flexographic printing system and process with the overprint color process without solvent or with a reduced amount of solvents, and at the same time providing inks that have higher color strength and exhibit a good adhesion to major substrates currently on the market.
[0021]The object of this patent may be achieved by providing a flexographic printing process involving gelation of the ink once applied to the substrate, said process being characterized by two important principles: the gelation or gel formation of the ink on the substrate and the use of Hansen Solubility Parameter to reach this gelation. This process is an overprint color process that uses reduced VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC) content that means a reduced amount of solvents, and at the same time providing inks that have higher color strength and exhibit a good adhesion to major substrates currently on the market.

Problems solved by technology

The controlled gel results from formation of a polymer chain network, or polymer segment precipitation forming such a network, because of a lack of solvency in the liquid media.

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Ink with Small Amount of Solvent

[0184]Formula A is for an EB curable ink formulated according to the present invention for a non-food application that contains only 5% solvent and 0.5% of Polymer (Polyvinyl Butyral—Butvar® B76): Formula A is showed on Table 4 below.

TABLE 4ink with small amount of solventFORMULA AProductTrade NameSupplierYellowMagentaCyanBlackAdditiveOmnistab 510IGM Resins0.50.50.50.5AdditiveTego Glide 432Tego Chemie1.01.01.01.0AdditiveTego Dispers 685Tego Chemie4.02.5——AdditiveDisperbyk 168Altana3.05.56.55.0MonomerTMPTACytec51.051.051.048.5MonomerHDDACytec5.05.05.04.5Epoxidized SoyCN111Sartomer5.56.06.06.0Bean Oil AcrylateAdditiveSolsperse 22000Noveon2.0———AdditiveSolsperse 5000Noveon——1.52.0Yellow PigmentIrgalite Yellow LCTCIBA22.5———Magenta PigmentPermanent Rubine L4B 01Clariant—23.0——Cyan PigmentHeliogen LBL 7081DBASF——23.0—Black PigmentSpecial Black 250Degussa———27.0PolymerButvar B76Solutia0.50.50.50.5SolventDowanol PMDow5.05.05.05.0Viscosity (cps)15001750135021...

example 2

Ink with Increased Amount of Polymer

[0204]In example 2, the amount of polymer was increased, that means a elevation in the polymer network density and in the amount of change in the Hansen Solubility Parameter, in order to ensure a sufficient distance between the liquid and gel state, avoiding ink gelation in the inking system. Table 7 shows Formula B.

TABLE 7FORMULA BProductTrade NameSupplierQuantityAdditiveOmnistab 510IGM Resins0.50.50.50.5AdditiveTego Glide 432Tego Chemie1.01.01.01.0AdditiveTego Dispers 685Tego Chemie4.02.5——AdditiveDisperbyk 168Altana3.05.56.55.0MonomerTMPTACytec46.546.546.544.0MonomerHDDACytec3.03.03.02.5Epoxidized SoyCN111Sartomer5.56.06.06.0Bean Oil AcrylateAdditiveSolsperse 22000Noveon2.0———AdditiveSolsperse 5000Noveon——1.52.0Yellow PigmentIrgalite Yellow LCTCIBA22.5———Magenta PigmentPermanent Rubine L4B 01Clariant—23.0——Cyan PigmentHeliogen LBL 7081DBASF——23.0—Black PigmentSpecial Black 250Degussa———27.0PolymerButvar B76Solutia2.02.02.02.0SolventDowanol PMDo...

example 3

Composition Approved for Food Packing

[0213]Using the same general formulation principle, but using only FDA approved monomer for Food Packing, the previous formulations is changed by exchanging HDDA with TRPGDA (Tripropylene Glycol Diacrylate).

[0214]In both case, the use of HDDA and / or TRPGDA is directed to bring the TMPTA as close as possible to the solubility border of Butvar® B76 in order to reduce as much as possible the Methoxy Propanol (Dowanol PM) level in the ink, since after its evaporation there is an adverse effect of VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS in the atmosphere. Table 10 below shows formula C:

TABLE 10gelled ink with small amount of solventFORMULA CProductTrade NameSupplierQuantityAdditiveOmnistab 510IGM Resins0.50.50.50.5AdditiveTego Glide 432Tego Chemie1.01.01.01.0AdditiveTego Dispers 685Tego Chemie4.02.5——AdditiveDisperbyk 168Altana3.05.56.55.0MonomerTMPTACytec37.537.537.536.5MonomerTRPGDACytec12.012.012.011.0Epoxidized SoyCN111Sartomer5.56.06.06.0Bean Oil AcrylateAddi...

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Abstract

A flexographic printing ink for use in a flexographic printing process with wet on wet capability, comprising a polymer and a combination of liquids comprising radiation curable monomers and / or oligomers, diluents, colorants, additives, and photoinitiators, the components having the Hansen Solubility Parameters adjusted to generate an ink with a capability to form a gel having the required physical characteristics, and that is in a liquid form in the presence of a small quantity of non reactive solvent, or is brought to a liquid state during the printing process. The disclosure is also directed to a flexographic printing process with wet on wet capability based on controlled polymer or polymer segment precipitation that leads to gel formation of ink compounds by controlling the solubility parameter of the ink system.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention concerns to a flexographic printing process with wet on wet capability that is made possible by controlled gel formation based on precipitation of a polymer or segments thereof in ink formulations, causing formation of a gel with suitable mechanical strength to allow the required color trapping for a wet on wet flexographic printing process. This controlled precipitation is accomplished by controlling the Hansen Solubility Parameter of the ink system at all times. The wet on wet printing process is possible with or without intermediate air drying, with greatly reduction or no emission of VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS (VOC), greatly reduced use of energy, and with a single final curing step by UV or EB radiation. The invention also concerns an ink and a printing apparatus for carrying out the process. The process is also suitable for letterpress printing.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Flexographic printing has become the major printing proces...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C09D11/10C08J3/28
CPCB41F5/24B41F23/0409B41F35/04B41M1/04C09D11/107C09D11/02C09D11/101B41F31/027B41M1/18B41M7/0081C09D11/03
Inventor BAPTISTA, VALTER MARQUESPADUAN, WILSON ANDRADE
Owner TECHNOSOLUTIONS ASSESSORIA
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